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Drug deaths are declining but the Trump administration's intelligence team has issued a new report describing street fentanyl as a top threat to the U.S.

The Department of Education told schools to stop DEI efforts or risk losing federal dollars. The president of the Council for Higher Education Accreditation warns it won't be quick and easy.

This lecture will examine how what we eat and how we live can promote wellness, enhance immunity, combat age-related diseases, and promote longevity. Drs. Saxe and Lim will share a timeless perspective, supported by their own research and clinical experience, on how optimal nourishment, purposeful reflection, healthy movement, and generosity of spirit can improve age-related conditions and slow the aging process. They will present evidence-based recommendations for diet and lifestyle, as well as a practical and simple framework to help foster extending healthy aging behavioral changes. Dr. Gordon Saxe is Chair of the Krupp Endowed Fund and Executive Director of the UCSD Krupp Center for Integrative Research and the Center for Integrative Nutrition. He oversees more than 20 clinical trials on diet and natural therapeutics for a range of health conditions. He received his MD from Michigan State University, PhD in Epidemiology from the University of Michigan, and MPH in Nutrition from Tulane School of Public Health. Dr. Anthony Lim is the Medical Director of the McDougall Program, a virtual nutrition and lifestyle wellness program that has helped countless individuals worldwide to radically improve their overall health and well-being through medically-supervised and personalized dietary and lifestyle coaching. He is a graduate of Stanford University, Harvard Law School, and Boston University School of Medicine, and is board-certified in family medicine and lifestyle medicine, as well as bar-certified in the state of California. Visit: https://lp.constantcontactpages.com/ev/reg/p7wfpaa/lp/e72aeb8e-3155-4edf-90e7-e20373932f45

Rounding up the big interviews you might have missed, from gardening tips with Martha Stewart to a conversation with a former astronaut about what happens to our bodies after that much time in space.

On Feb. 28, 2023, a passenger train and freight train collided, leaving 57 dead. New evidence suggests many may not have been killed by the crash itself, but by a fire that followed.

Our top picks for popular music in San Diego this season: garage rock, a country crooner, a sonic fusion of Arabic and Latin American music, and a theatrical metal show.

The Library's Autumn Concert Series takes place on Fridays from September 6 to October 25. Each concert will begin at 1 p.m. in the Winn Room. Doors will open 15 minutes prior to the performance. On September 27, Vania Pimentel will perform a variety of Brazilian music on piano. Concert pianist Vania Pimentel, born and raised in Brazil, has been promoting Brazilian music in creative recital programs. She has a BA in Music and another BA in Philosophy from Brazil, KA graduate artist diploma from Germany, Masters in Piano Performance and Pedagogy, and DMA from the University of Houston. Her doctoral dissertation was on Brazilian toccatas, and her CD “Brazilian Toccatas and Toccatinas” was praised by the Brazilian Academy of Music and newspaper critics in Rio de Janeiro in the year of 2000, five hundreds years of Brazil’s discovery by the Portuguese. Dr. Pimentel became a member of Pi Kappa Lambda National Music Honor Society, and worked as an assistant teacher at the Moores School of Music and the Texas Music Festival. In Brazil, she had worked for 14 years as a piano professor in Curitiba, PR. Her first award at a piano competition was at the age of seven in Rio de Janeiro. Her top awards are from J. S. Bach International Piano Competition in Paris (1984), and Jaen Competition in Spain (1982). Dr. Pimentel lived in Italy from 2005 until 2009, and performed at the series Pianomaster in Gravedonamon Lake Como, and chamber music at the Blaue Blumen concerts in Frankfurt. Afterwards, she lived in San Diego until 2022. She performed recitals at Palomar College, Fallbrook Library, Coronado Library, Encinitas Library, the Athenaeum, Carmel Valley Library, and chamber music in Temecula: Classics at the Merc. She performs frequently in Brazil, and has given masterclasses at many universities there. In 2020, she performed and taught at the 37th Music Workshop of Curitiba, in Paraná state. Last year she presented a solo recital during the Music Week of Lapinha, PR, and last April at the Chapel Santa Maria in Curitiba. Currently she lives in Miami.

Advocates say the opioid overdose crisis is a binational issue requiring joint action from the U.S. and Mexico.

Meet the candidates and learn what's at stake with KPBS' Nov. 5, 2024 election guide for the San Diego Mayor race.

Meet the candidates and learn what's at stake with KPBS' Nov. 5, 2024 election guide for San Diego City Council races.